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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    Indeed.....otherwise it would be iron and that wouldn't last very log as either a sword or a bike frame....
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    In all honesty though, a hardtail is a pretty stupid design for modern DH race tracks, whether it's carbon, steel or aluminium!

    Thats part of the appeal of DH racing on a hardtail
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  • YeehaaMcgee
    YeehaaMcgee Posts: 5,740
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    YeehaaMcgee wrote:
    In all honesty though, a hardtail is a pretty stupid design for modern DH race tracks, whether it's carbon, steel or aluminium!

    That's why it's not appealing to go DH racing on a hardtail, unless you're an idiot
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  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    Its a whole lot of fun. As much as I love riding my full sus DH bike and it is nearly always faster than my hardtail, the challenge of racing a hardtail is a lot of fun. Just seems to end in hospital too often for me.
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    Just seems to end in hospital too often for me.
    Is that meanting to be helping your case or YHMcG's?
    Currently riding a Whyte T130C, X0 drivetrain, Magura Trail brakes converted to mixed wheel size (homebuilt wheels) with 140mm Fox 34 Rhythm and RP23 suspension. 12.2Kg.
  • rockmonkeysc
    rockmonkeysc Posts: 14,774
    I said it was fun, I never claimed it was easy or safe.
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  • pesky_jones
    pesky_jones Posts: 2,890
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    I said it was fun, I never claimed it was easy or safe.

    Like telling her you've already got one on?
  • Bishbosh10
    Bishbosh10 Posts: 268
    RockmonkeySC wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    Suggest you look into material properties and how they work a litle before talking complete twaddle next time....

    I know a little about material properties. I am a chartered mechanical engineer and work in mechanical design for a living. I spend a lot of my time looking in to failure modes and designing controlled failure in to safety critical components, making sure that when they fail, they fail in the right way.
    A bit of flex can help dissipate shock loadings. A very stiff frame will transfer all shocks to the welds, which are the most brittle (and therefore most likely to fail) part of the frame without any damping within the tubes.

    Please explain in a reasonable way why a stiffer frame is less likely to fail.

    Pfft, never let the facts get in the way of a good argument!! :mrgreen:

    Bish (CEng MICE)
    2011 Giant Trance Ltd, 2016 Revs, XT bits etc.

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